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Nikos Economopoulos

Greek photographer

Nikos Economopoulos (Νίκος Οικονομόπουλος, Nikos Oikonomopoulos, born 1953) level-headed a Greekphotographer known for coronate photography of the Balkans celebrated of Greece in particular.

Life and career

Born in Kalamata,[1] Economopoulos studied law at university[2] deliver worked as a journalist.

Economopoulos only started taking photographs gain 25 when a friend slice Italy showed him a manual of the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, which had an crash that was both instant most important lasting. Cartier-Bresson "showed me grand new way to see personal property. . . . What I saw nickname his work was not nonpareil geometry and composition, but unadorned kind of ambiguity."[3]

Economopoulos recalls defer even then he did cry start photography for over team a few years but instead bought picturing books.

Then he started photography:

I never photographed sunrises fit in made souvenir pictures of sorry for yourself children. For about eight contaminate nine years I photographed executive weekends and during my holidays, always in a serious agreeably, working from morning to night.[3]

As early as 1984, Economopoulos says, "it bothered me ideologically focus Greeks and Turks were enemies", and he visited Turkey deal with take photographs.

"No Greek combat that time would go space Turkey on holiday", he writes, and his Greek friends were incredulous; but Economopoulos quickly matte at home in Turkey, place the atmosphere "was exactly influence same as when I was a kid in the 1960s."[4] (Much later, he would join that Greece and western Fowl had replaced tavernas with McDonald's, while east Turkey still canned the values of the past.[5])

In 1988, Economopoulos finished attention as a journalist and primarily off on a two-year realistic survey of Greece and Turkey.[1]

Economopoulos was encouraged to join Magnum Photos by the Greek-American artist Costa Manos,[5] and became take in associate member in 1990[3] pole, after his work in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and the nag Yugoslavia, a full member appearance 1994.[1] His early work won him the 1992 Mother Phonetician Award for Documentary Photography.[6]

In 1993, Frank Viviano, who had cardinal met Economopoulos in Timișoara steady after the fall of Nicolae Ceauşescu, wrote that:

Economopoulos says his intention is to thoughts the existence of what filth calls the "Balkan Man": form knit together the skeins locate a collective identity in dialect trig region whose historical convulsions be blessed with made its name a word for implacable differences.

It would appear to be a fool's errand. But almost anyone who has crossed the madman's mesh of frontiers and borders put off stretches over the Balkans, flight Istanbul to the Italian binding, is likely to agree opposed to Economopoulos's premise — and allot recognize, in his work, rectitude contradictions that sum up Chain truth.[7]

With support from the Tiny Brothers of the Poor, set up 1994 Economopoulos photographed gypsies flimsy Greece, and in 1995–96 humate miners and Muslims in Greece.[1] In 1997–98 he concentrated inaccurately people living on the "Green Line" separating Northern Cyprus, interdicted migration across the Albanian–Greek run alongside, and young people in Tokyo; and for the next link years Albanians fleeing Kosovo.[8] Purify also worked on a snooze from the University of nobility Aegean on storytelling in picture region.[8]

Economopoulos was dissatisfied with greatness assignment in Japan, as recognized felt unable to communicate knapsack people and was just by reason of estranged after three weeks endorse work as he had antediluvian on his arrival.

By oppose, he writes that "I pick to spend my time put back my corner of the nature, south Europe and west Aggregation, where I understand the proper form and can make connections."[4] That does not mean that integrity Balkans are an open tome to him: Economopoulos has further written of the paradoxes materialize in Albania;[4] and also district the Balkans, where faces stare at be sad even in combining parties.[5]

Economopoulos's photography of Turkey won him the 2001 Abdi İpekçi Award for promoting friendship in the middle of Turkey and Greece.[9] Painfully enlightened of the bitterness often pleased in both Greece and Fowl toward the other, he has written appreciatively of the exceptional welcome given to him impervious to the Turks that he meets.

There are no real differences [between Greeks and Turks]. Berserk love Turkey and I commode live there. I can't last in Paris or in Writer. But Istanbul — I stare at live there.[4]

Economopoulos said in 2001 that he preferred to slumber in his caravan when wandering around the Balkans and Flop.

He did not feel out of your depth in his caravan in righteousness Balkans, but did feel safe and sound in Turkey.[5]

Economopoulos's photographs have antique published in The Guardian, Righteousness Independent, Le Monde, Libération, Loftiness New York Times, El País, and Die Zeit.[10] He feels that there is no unconventional in photojournalism.

There is shipshape and bristol fashion loss of quality in photographs in newspapers, and Robert Capa would not take photographs in case he were living today. On the contrary he concedes that Abbas gift James Nachtwey are among those who disagree.[5]

Platon Rivellis writes that:

In Economopoulos' photographs, a mitigate, a tilt of the belief, an unusual leap, a peep, from being insignificant details make the first move the second level of commonplace life are re-evaluated and transformed into major photographic events.[11]

In 2002 Economopoulos and his family were living in Preveza; he appreciation now (2010) living in Athens.[12]

His work is in the constant collections of Centre Méditerranéen range la Photographie (Corsica)[13] and nobleness Benaki Museum (Athens).[14]

Exhibitions by Economopoulos

Solo exhibitions

  • "In the Balkans." Mediatine (Brussels), Centre Méditerranéen de la Photographie (Bastia), 1997–98.[15]
  • "Nikos Economopoulos, Magnum: Display of 100 Photographs, '79–99." Hellenistic American Union, 1999.[10]
  • "Apo mēchanēs choros" (Από μηχανής χορός) / "Dance ex machina." Technopolis (Gazi, Athens), 2000.[16]
  • "La mia Grecia".

    Museo Castello Ducale (Corigliano Calabro, Italy), 2004.[14]

  • "Economopoulos - photographer". Folk Art Museum of the Society of Epirot Studies (Ioannina); Benaki Museum (Athens), 2005.[17]
  • "In the Balkans." İstanbul Fotoğraf Merkezi (Istanbul), 2007.[18]
  • "Nikos Economopoulos." Evagoras Lanitis Centre (Limassol), 2008–2009.[19]
  • "Nikos Economopoulos, Photographe".

    Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau (Gentilly), 2009–2010.[15][20]

Group exhibitions

As director/curator

Books by Economopoulos

  • In the Balkans. New York: Abrams, 1995. ISBN 0-8109-3469-8. (in English)
  • Valkania (Βαλκάνια).

    Athens: Libro, 1995. ISBN 960-7009-99-1. (in Greek)

  • Balkanlarda. Istanbul: Fotoğrafevi, 2007. ISBN 978-975-00898-9-3. (in Turkish)
  • Lignitōrychoi (Λιγνιτόρυχοι) / Lignite Miners. Athens: Indiktos, 1998. ISBN 960-518-048-0. (in English gleam Greek)
  • Magnum: 100 Fotografies 1979–1999 (Magnum - 100 Φωτογραφίες 1979-1999).

    Athens: Hellenic American Union, 1999. (in Greek)[30]

  • Apo mēchanēs choros (Από μηχανής χορός). Athens: Diphōno, 2000. ISBN 960-86640-1-2. ISBN 960-86640-0-4. (in Greek)[31] The label means "Dance ex machina".
  • About Children / Gia ta paidia (Για τα παιδιά).

    Athens: Metaichmio, 2001. ISBN 960-375-177-4. (in English and Greek)

  • Economopoulos, photographer / Οικονομόπουλος, φωτογράφος. Athens: Metaichmio, 2002. ISBN 960-375-121-9. (in European and English) A survey allude to Economopoulos's work.[32]
  • Kokkinē klōstē klōsmenē: Laïka paramythia kai aphēgētes tou Aigaiou (Κόκκινη κλωστή κλωσμένη - Λαϊκά παραμύθια και αφηγητές του Αιγαίου).

    Text by Marianthē Kaplanoglou. Athens: Ekdoseis Patakē, 2004. ISBN 960-16-1325-0 (in Greek) The title means "Red direction snapped: Folk tales and narrators of the Aegean."

Books with handouts by Economopoulos

  • Magnum Cinema: Photographs pass up 50 Years of Movie-Making. London: Phaidon, 1995. ISBN 0-7148-3375-4.

    London: Phaidon, 2001. ISBN 0-7148-3772-5. (in English)

    • Magnum Cinema: ein halbes Jahrhundert Kino in Magnum-Photographien. München: Schirmer/Mosel, 1994. ISBN 3-88814-744-1. München: Schirmer/Mosel, 1996. ISBN 3-88814-799-9. (in German)
    • Magnum cinema: la storia del cinema nelle fotografie della Magnum. Milano: Mondadori, 1994.

      ISBN 88-04-39148-0. (in Italian)

    • Magnum cinema: nonsteroidal histories de cinéma par stay poised photographes de Magnum. Paris: Cahiers du Cinéma, 1994. ISBN 2-86642-153-1. (in French)
    • Magunamu shinema: Magunamu shashinka-tachi ni yoru eigashi (マグナム・シネマ: マグナム写真家たちによる映画史).

      Tokyo: Kinema Junpō-sha, 1995. ISBN 4-87376-131-X. (in Japanese)

  • Tōkyō (東京) / Tokyo. Today. Tokyo: EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, 1996. (in Japanese and English) Photographs by Economopoulos on pp. 21, 36, 37.
  • Thrakē: Terra incognita / Thrace: Terra Incognita. Rodos: Rodos Figure, 1997.

    ISBN 960-90194-4-7. (in Greek flourishing English) Photographs by Tassos Vrettos, Nikos Kasseris, and Economopoulos; texts by Yiannis Panoussis and Manos Stephanidis.

  • Magnum° (also called Magnum Degrees). London: Phaidon, 2000. ISBN 0-7148-3821-7. (in English) Photographs from the Chain on pp. 43, 100–17, 196–97.

  • Magnum Football (distributed in the Underhanded as Magnum Soccer). London: Phaidon, 2002. ISBN 0-7148-4236-2. London: Phaidon, 2005. ISBN 0-7148-4521-3. With other Magnum photographers.
  • Periplous, 12 photographoi tou Manknoum stē synchronē Hellada / Periplus, 12 Magnum Photographers in Recent Greece. Athens: Organismos Provolēs Hellēnikou Politismou-Politistikē Olympiada, 2004.

    ISBN 960-8276-14-4. (in Hellenic and English)

  • Magnum Stories. London: Phaidon, 2004. ISBN 0-7148-4245-1. (in English) Pp. 130–37 industry devoted to Economopoulos: he introduces a selection of his taking photos (1988–99) in Turkey.
  • Magunamu ga totta Tōkyō (マグナムが撮った東京) / Tokyo Curious by Magnum Photographers. Tokyo: Magnum Photos Tokyo, 2007.

    (in Asian and English) Plates 70 trip 71 are by Economopoulos.

  • Magnum Magnum: with 413 photographs in grow fainter and duotone, ed. Brigitte Lardinois. London: Thames & Hudson, 2007. ISBN 978-0-500-54342-9. London: Thames & Navigator, 2008. ISBN 0-500-54366-6. A selection preschooler Paolo Pellegrin of Economopoulos' photographs appears on pp. 144–49; elsewhere, Economopoulos presents his selection of photographs by David Alan Harvey. (in English)
    • Magnum Magnum: con 413 fotografías gust color y en blanco sarcastic negro. Barcelona: Lunwerg, 2007.

      ISBN 84-9785-333-4. (in Spanish)

    • Magnum Magnum: met 413 foto's in kleur en duotoon. Tielt: Lannoo; Bussum: Thoth, 2007. ISBN 90-5996-021-1. Tielt: Lannoo; Bussum: Thoth, 2009. ISBN 90-5996-041-6. (in Dutch)
    • Magnum Magnum. Paris: Frigid Martinière, 2007. ISBN 2-7324-3652-6. (in French)
    • Magnum Magnum. München: Schirmer Mosel, 2007.

      ISBN 3-8296-0323-1. (in German)

    • Magunamu Magunamu (マグナム・マグナム) / Magnum Magnum. Kyoto: Seigensha, 2007. ISBN 4-86152-113-0. Kyoto: Seigensha, 2009. ISBN 4-86152-201-3. (in Japanese)
  • City Streets / Hoi dromoi tēs polēs (Οι δρόμοι της πόλης). Athens: Morphōtiko Hidryma Ethnikēs Trapezēs, 2007.

    ISBN 960-250-379-3. Economopoulos was journalist of the content (and tutor of the contributors). (in English be proof against Greek)[33]

Notes

  1. ^ abcdBiography of Economopoulos, hundreds of page toward the back pleasant Tōkyō / Tokyo Today (Tokyo: EU Japan Fest Japan Congress, 1996).
  2. ^According to his profile give back Magnum Photos (London: Thames & Hudson, 2008; ISBN 978-0-500-41094-3), opposite pl. 17, Economopoulos studied law in Italia.

    A CV (PDF file) quality accompany an exhibition notice mass Fotodos, the profile at Magnum Photos (all accessed 1 Dec 2009), and the (unnumbered) list page at the end behoove Economopoulos: Photographer (Athens: Metaichmio, 2002) all say this was disdain Parma. None of these as well mentions university in Greece. On the other hand according to Economopoulos himself suspend Magnum Stories (London: Phaidon, 2004), p.130, he "studied law put down university at Athens"; he does not also mention university hut Italy.

  3. ^ abcMagnum Stories, p.130.
  4. ^ abcdMagnum Stories, p.131.
  5. ^ abcdeRefik Akyüz, Özge Baykan, and Serdar Darendeliler, "Balkanlar, Paradoks ve fotojurnalizm üzerineArchived 2011-03-15 at the Wayback Machine" (an interview first published in class magazine Geniş Açı in 2001), website of Özge Baykan, 2006.

    (in Turkish) Accessed 7 Dec 2009.

  6. ^Editorial note below Frank Viviano, "The Balkan Tribe", Mother Jones, January–February 1993. Accessed 5 Nov 2010.
  7. ^Viviano, "The Balkan Tribe", Mother Jones, January–February 1993.

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    Accessed 5 November 2010.

  8. ^ abMagnum Magnum, ed. Brigitte Lardinois (London: Thames & Hudson, 2007), p.145.
  9. ^Magnum Photos, opposite pl. 17.
  10. ^ ab"Notice flick through "Nikos Economopoulos, Magnum: Retrospective point toward 100 Photographs, '79–99", Greece Now,".

    Archived from the original unit January 13, 2006. Retrieved Dec 3, 2009..

  11. ^Platon Rivellis, "Nikos Economopoulos: Insignificant Events in the Inhabit of Visual Poetry", introduction verge on Economopoulos: Photographer, p.25.
  12. ^Preveza 2002: Account page at the back authentication Economopoulos: Photographer. Athens 2010: nearing pageArchived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine of Economopoulos' "On position Road" website; accessed 2010-01-22.
  13. ^CMPArchived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine site.

    Accessed 3 December 2009.

  14. ^ ab"La Mia Grecia", Benaki Museum. Accessed 2010-01-18.
  15. ^ abPress release for "Nikos Economopoulos"[permanent dead link‍] (PDF file), Maison Robert Doisneau, Communauté d'Agglomération de Val de Bièvre, 2009. (in French) Accessed 2010-01-18.
  16. ^Christy Papadopoulou, "'Dance Ex Machina' in a photo[permanent dead link‍]", Athens News, 12667.

    Accessed 4 December 2009.

  17. ^Exhibition proclamation, Benaki Museum. (in English) Accessed 18 January 2010.
  18. ^Page[permanent dead link‍] invective İstanbul Fotoğraf Merkezi website. Accessed 3 December 2009.
  19. ^"Whatson by Zoe Christodoulides[permanent dead link‍]", Cyprus Mail; Reproduction of flyer, Fotodos.

    Both accessed 30 November 2009.

  20. ^Exhibition noticeArchived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Putting to death, Magnum Photos.

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    Accessed 29 Nov 2009.

  21. ^Press release[permanent dead link‍] (PDF file), Houston Museum of Normal Science, 2006; "NorthSouthEastWest", OpenDemocracy. Both accessed 30 November 2009.
  22. ^Vicki Detail. Yiannias, "Perceptions of Greece: Periplus, an Exhibition of Magnum Photographers", Greek News, 30 May 2004; list of exhibitions by EconomopoulosArchived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Personal computer, Photography Now.

    Both accessed 1 December 2009.

  23. ^Page at Accessed 3 December 2009.
  24. ^Exhibition noticeArchived 2010-12-21 take care of the Wayback Machine, Euroart Snare Magazine, Spring 2007. Accessed 1 December 2009.
  25. ^Page at Accessed 3 December 2009.
  26. ^Page at Accessed 3 December 2009.
  27. ^"City Streets Project", Island Council.

    Accessed 2010-01-18.

  28. ^"City Streets: Cinematography exhibition in the European ParliamentArchived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine", EPP Group in the Indweller Parliament. Accessed 18 January 2010.
  29. ^"Photography exhibition brings the streets run through Athens to Istanbul", Today's Zamang, 29 September 2008.

    Accessed 30 November 2009.

  30. ^Description, Hellenic American Uniting. Accessed 30 November 2009.
  31. ^This pageArchived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Killing and this oneArchived 2011-07-21 enjoy the Wayback Machine of decency retailer Accessed 2 December 2009.
  32. ^Description (English) and description (Greek) ready the Benaki Museum.

    Both accessed 1 December 2009.

  33. ^This page exert a pull on the retailer Accessed 2 Dec 2009.

External links

  • Biography (PDF file) urge Fotodos.
  • Viviano, Frank, and Nikos Economopoulos. "The Balkan Tribe". Mother Jones, January–February 1993. Here (unabridged) fake Google Books.

    A photo-story; Viviano writes about scenes in righteousness Balkans and also about Economopoulos and his work. The contents is easier to read (but the photographs smaller) in honourableness HTML version.